The car belonging to an Algiers man who was shot to death in a strip mall parking lot Sunday morning has been found in Waveland, Miss., a Bay St. Louis newspaper is reporting. According to the Sea Coast Echo, Waveland police received a call about a suspicious vehicle Tuesday evening on Camellia Street. Upon finding the abandoned car, Waveland police confirmed it was the same dark blue Honda Accord reported missing in connection with the murder of 27-year-old Fernando Eyzaguirre.

Fernando Eyzaguirrethe Eyzaguirre family

Eyzaguirre was found shot to death Sunday morning around 6:30 a.m. in the DeGaulle Center's parking lot at 5163 Gen. DeGaulle Drive. Police said he was shot several times and that his assailants included three men who fled in his car east on Gen. DeGaulle immediately afterwards.

Eyzaguirre's parents have said they believe their son was on his way to a 24-hour fitness gym located in the strip-mall where he was attacked, although the gym's owner later said that he never checked into the facility that day. Surveillance footage from the mall allegedly shows Eyzaguirre sitting in his car around 2 a.m. Sunday morning.

No further information is available at the time. Police ask anyone who has information on the murder to call Crimestoppers at 504.822.1111 or toll-free at 877.903.7867. Tips can also be texted to C-R-I-M-E-S (274637); text TELLCS then the crime information. Callers or texters do not have to give their names or testify and can earn a $2,500 reward for information that leads to an indictment.